I Like to Collect Quotes Stories of Experiences (Page 2)

" If the Lion had a heart and the Scarecrow had a brain, they would have warned the Tin man that he was better off without a heart. "

The biggest coward of a man is to awaken the love of a woman without the intention of loving her~ B. Marley

And not just textbooks. I can't wait to get through all of the books on my list this summer. Anywho, I underlined a bunch of things I liked in some of my books, and here are a couple that hit me:

"Anxiety is love's greatest killer. It...

So what if the goal is difficult (to reach)?So what if the (river)bank / shore is cloudy / hazy?So what if this heart is lonely?Although thorns may be scattered on the path,You still have to walk on it.The evening hides the sun but...

'An archaeologist is the best husband a woman can have. The older she gets the more interested he is in her.'

By Agatha Christie. My fiancé is a vet. Sometimes I wonder if he stays with me for the dogs and cats only.

An old Hasidic rabbi asked his pupils how to tell when night ended and the morning began, which is the time for certain holy prayers.
"Is it when you see an animal in the distance and know whether it's a sheep or a dog?"
"No," the...

May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds.
Edward Abbey

"The snake which cannot cast its skin has to die. As well, the minds which are prevented from changing their opinions, they cease to be minds."

Nietzsche

"It is a great day to be alive. Take a moment to appreciate it."

U

"I may not be there yet, but I am closer than I was yesterday."

U

"Discipline is just choosing between what you want now and what you want most."

U

I, with a deeper instinct, choose a man who compels my strength, who makes enormous demands on me, who does not doubt my courage or my toughness, who does not believe me naïve or innocent, who has the courage to treat me like a woman...

If the road you are walking on doesnt match your Map then you map is wrong.

“The fog was where I wanted to be. Halfway down the path you can’t see this house. You’d never know it was here. Or any of the other places down the avenue. I couldn’t see but a few feet ahead. I didn’t meet a soul. Everything...

“Roshi [his Zen Buddhist teacher] said something nice to me one time. He said that the older you get, the lonelier you become, and the deeper the love you need. Which means that this hero that you’re trying to maintain as the...

When things go wrong… and sadness fills your heart, remember…

“This life is what you make it. No matter what, you're going to mess up sometimes, it's a universal truth. But the good part is you get to decide how you're going to...

JACK: No wait. Let me try to get this out. You're amazing....and I know I have nothing to offer you, Rose. I know that. But I'm involved now. You jump, I jump, remember? I can't turn away without knowing that you're going to be allright...

God loved the birds and invented trees. Man loved the birds and invented cages.

Anonymous

The broccoli says 'I look like a small tree', the mushroom says 'I look like an umbrella', the walnut says 'I look like a brain', and the banana says 'Can we please change the subject?'

Anonymous-

“A star falls from the sky and into your hands. Then it seeps through your veins and swims inside your blood and becomes every part of you. And then you have to put it back into the sky. And it's the most painful thing you'll ever...